Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1916 — APPLICATION MADE FOR TWO CARRIERS [ARTICLE]

APPLICATION MADE FOR TWO CARRIERS

Postoffice Receipts Past Two Years Exceed Amount Required For • Free City Delivery.

Rensselaer is entitled to free city delivery of mails based upon the postoffice receipts of the past two years, and Postmaster Littlefield has made formal application to the postoffice department for two carriers. The law provides that where the receipts for one fiscal year exceed SIO,OOO, the city is entitled to free delivery. The year ending March 31, 1915, the receipts amounted to $10,063. The department does not establish the free delivery based upon the showing of a single year where the excess is only a small amount over ten thousand and Postmaster Littlefield did not ask for the carriers last year but this year the receipts were $10,900 and the application was made and it is confidently expected that the application will be improved and that carriers will be installed. The carriers will come under the civil service regulations and will be chosen following an examination. ’